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Abzû

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ABZÛ
ABZÛ cover
Developers
Giant Squid Studios
Publishers
505 Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows August 2, 2016
Reception
Metacritic 83
OpenCritic 80
IGDB 81
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Open world
Sports Water sports
Abzû on HowLongToBeat
Abzû on IGDB
Abzû on MobyGames
Abzû on Wikipedia

Abzû is a singleplayer third-person open world game.

The developer strongly recommends usage of controller.

General information

Developer Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[1]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed in December 2020.[2]
Windows
Origin (unavailable)
DRM-free after installation through Origin client (notes may include more details)
Executable is identical to GOG.com version.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\AbzuGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\505GAMESS.P.A.35784A6D3DB4D_tefn33qh9azfc\LocalState\AbzuGame\Saved\Config\UWP\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/384190/pfx/[Note 1]
GameUserSettings.ini stores all general settings

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\AbzuGame\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\505GAMESS.P.A.35784A6D3DB4D_tefn33qh9azfc\SystemAppData\wgs\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/384190/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud
Enabled in Steam client, but no data is synced.
Xbox Cloud

Video

Options menu.
Options menu.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Change any setting under Options then quit and restart, and it will use the highest monitor resolution.[3]
Multi-monitor
See Multi-monitor for more FOV or use this patcher for Hor+ scaling.
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+ and Vert-.[3] Use this patcher for fully Hor+ scaling.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
See Multi-monitor for more FOV.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
TAA,[4] and SSAA through Render Res.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Multi-monitor

Change AspectRatioAxisConstraint[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following lines to the end of the file:
[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
A significant increase from the native 16:9 FOV.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

The Microsoft Store version is always borderless.
At fullscreen, press Alt+ Enter.[5]
Enable borderless fullscreen[6]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open GameUserSettings.ini.
  3. Add or modify FullscreenMode=1 under [/Script/AbzuGame.AbzuGameUserSettings].

Motion blur

Disable motion blur[6]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following lines to the end of the file:
[SystemSettings]
r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Input

Pause menu.
Pause menu.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 7.1.[7]
Subtitles
No spoken dialogue.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Incomplete: Options screen and keyboard help are in English.
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: ABZU.
vorpX
G3D, Z3D
Officially supported, see vorpX gamelist.

Issues fixed

Game won't launch

Run program as an administrator
If above doesn't work
  1. Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\AbzuGame\Saved\
  2. Delete the Config directory.
  3. Start the game
This will restore settings to default
If above doesn't work
  1. Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%.
  2. Delete the AbzuGame directory.
  3. Start the game
This will also delete your game save

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX The PhysX visual indicator function shows up if enabled when running this game
Audio Wwise [1]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 3.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 750
AMD Radeon R7 260X
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/384190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (384190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-01-02
  2. Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-12-09
    Verified after update by launching the game without Steam open (without ever opening the game in the past so no Denuvo tickets would have been created) and scanning the game executable with Detect It Easy
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Abzû | WSGF
  4. Helix Mod: ABZU - last accessed on May 2023
  5. Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-18
  6. 6.0 6.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-11-08
  7. PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on 2018-06-28